Drew Flowers is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Los Angeles office. Mr. Flowers practices in the firm's Real Estate Department. His real estate practice experience includes extensive representation of real estate funds, lenders, developers and institutional and non-institutional investors in all areas of real estate, including: the formation and negotiation of joint ventures; structured finance, including preferred and mezzanine financing; workouts, loan restructuring and loan enforcement; the purchase, sale and finance of secured real estate loans; loan participations; acquisition and sale of vacant land, office buildings, apartment buildings, hotels, shopping centers, and other commercial and residential properties; all aspects of real estate development, including contractor, architect, broker and management agreements; commercial leasing; ground leasing and ground leasehold financing. Mr. Flowers has been especially active in representing borrowers and lenders in complex financing transactions. Mr. Flowers has been selected by Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers for his significant experience in real estate. He was also recognized in Lawdragon's 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers in 2024 and was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2023 and 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the area of Real Estate Law. Law360 named Mr. Flowers to its 2014 and 2017 MVPs for Real Estate, which features lawyers who have “distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.”

Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Mr. Flowers practiced at Fennemore Craig in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mr. Flowers received his law degree from the University of Southern California in 1998, where he was a member of the University of Southern California Law Review. He received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in Economics and English from the University of Arizona in 1995. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and the outstanding economics undergraduate in 1995.

Mr. Flowers is licensed to practice in the State of California. He is a member of the American Bar Association.

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Credentials

Education:
  • University of Southern California - 1998 Juris Doctor
  • University of Arizona - 1995 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
  • California Bar